Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-09

SOCIETY NOTES.
TIE Entire Nous Party-DinDer Par
ties anl Pleasant Chit.Chat
About Persons and
Things.

ties ard Pleasant Chft.Chat
About Persons and
Things.
"And ere the early bedtime came
The white drift piled the window frame,
And through the glass the clothes-line posts
Looked In like tall and sheeted ghosts
The heavy fall of snow and the sever
cold weather OF the past week has occa
stoned q lull in society circles. ALTHOUGH
numerous entertainments have taken place
they have not been entered into with a.
much enthusiasm as usual. 1t is probabl
that a great many social affairs will TAX
place between this and the 23d, when tn
eombre dooro OF Lent will have shut out al
the aayeties and fair devotees will bewai
their manifold sins and wickedness which
amid music, firtations and other enjoy
ments of society have rested but light,
upon their c~cuntenances. No doubt Their
was here and there a heartache bucklet
down under satin and lace; here and Their
q sigh, perhaps, snothered by smiling rel
lips, as one must taste the bitter as well al
the sweet. However, these social Assem-
blies are to the community ike jewels 9
successful man presents to his wife, sweet
heart OF sister-signs Of prosperity. Their
may be those who give far too thought
lessly, but tho generous impulses OF all ar
not to be doubted. How charming on
finds the social hours, when among pleas
ant surroundings. one meets those b art
congenial; how brightly. after long years o.
care and struggle, ones eyes will shine
when indu 'ging in "reminiscences OF gu
dancing days. Life passes too swiftly FOL
mortals to devote themselves wholly to
the pursuits of pleasure, but recreation.
Justly considered. is an advantage which
Jew, il any, are willing altogether too fore
90. It is, indeed, in one form or other, the
| object Of universal pursuit, for without it's
participation to some extent life would
lose its principal attraction, and man.
| kind would degenerate into the settled
gloom of moderate meianeholy.
Mr.. VIM. Orr is up from Dillon.
Mr.. James King, is over from Helena.
Mr.. John Leggat is quite i'll with a cold.
city.
Miss Rosa Reed is visiting her brother
in Anaconda.
Mr.. Thos. level and bride arrived in
Butte last Thursday.
Judge T. C. Bach is expected over from
Helena in q few days.
Mr.. A, Wilson, of New York City, is
spending q few days in Butte.
MI. D. McCranor will leave Butte this
week for the Arkansaw hot springs.
Mr.. Green Majors is exported home this
week from q visit to friends in New
York.
The Entre Nous will give their next party
on the 18th, which will be the last before
Lent.
Mr.. ]. R. Boyce, Jr., expects to go east
to-day. He will be absent about six
weeks.
Mrs. M. B. Brownlee entertained a few
friends to an elegant dinner last Thursday
evening.
w. E. Dawson and sister will leave Butte
this week for Helena where they will in the
future reside.
Mr.. Geo. H. Casey went to Philipsburg,
yesterday, where he expects to remain
about two weeks.
Mr.. Samuel Marchessan will leave Butte
tomorrow for San Francisco, whore he
will spend the winter.
Mrs. Babcock and Prof. Carlisle will sing
a duet-'Love's Devise" this morning at
St. Johns Episcopal church.
Mr.. B. B. Thayer and Mr.. John O'Far.
rell are expected home to-day from an ex-
tended eastern trip. Welcome home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Babcock will occupy Mr..
and Mrs. r. r. Hoge's residence during
their six weeks absence in California.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Haldorn are guests
at Mrs. N. Emerson's on Granite street.
They will make Butte their future home.
Mrs. W. o. Fenner purchased some
handsome property in Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, through Curtis e. Majors Of this
city.
Invitations are out for the annual ball
OF the fire department.. which is to be given
Tuesday evening, February %, at Renshaw
hall.
Mdt 7 r MAa wa1tsf f4 rs*ts 4sss 1 Niss AZ
A large number Of ladies and children
Miss Katie Putnam's rendition
of LENA the Madcap," at Yesterdays
matinee.
Mr.. John Wampler and children and Mr..
Thomas Wampler and sister are in the |
city on a visit. They are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Z. NJ. Buck.
Society cannot understand why a certain
young gentleman makes such ire |
luent visits to Anaconda. The other
member OF the firm has recently been mar
led.
Some people should be seen and not
'eard. A certain young gentlemen at the
ccent masquerade ball was recognized for
us repeated utterances concerning the
eat. The purity OF his accent gave him
way.
The recent heavy snowfall has created
ute a demand for l%eggins. Perhaps the
lost remarkable pair on record NAV be
zen every morning-Sunday included-on
!ontana street, between 9 and 9:15
1t is understood that Prof. A. c. Newiu
making arrangements to start a new .
iucational paper, to be devoted entirely !
tie interests of the high schools of the {
errltory. The Professor is a gentlemen !
much ability and energy and is sure to :
'cceed in any undertaking. G
Mrs. Marcus Daily entertained a few t
ends very pleasantly last Wednesday I,
ening. Those present were: Miss Marv|
Farrell, Miss Ellen Meiklejohn, Mics Hat
Evans, Mrs. VIM. Reed, Mr.. F. q. Sar-
ant, Mr.. J:V Long, Mr.. G. C. Tucker and
James F. Lansing. lie,
The ice skating rink at the Pavilion is "a
t "a we'll ~patronized as it should be-. It ~
9 been suggested that on one night in n
week the rink be hired and a skating 10
ne gwen. AS good, healthy exer- =.
z, ice skating can undoubtedly compete p se
ii tobogganing and bob-eleddinp. and Dl
'uld be encouraged. NJ
lutte a good many visitors attended the IA
rary exercises at the high school on Fri. lis
afternoon. An interesting programme b.
J presented and was very creditably Ger. it's
ned. The most popular of the exercises wi
the Duets by Nellie and Eva Stras. in
ger, Mary Napton and Eva Baldwin. wo
recitation of "Curfew Shall Not Ring lea
Night" by Carrie Kenyon, and a verv to
:inal essay on "School Days." by Sarah trs
klns, where a good solid grumble was Stt
1iged in on account of the necessity Of
king hard n abstaining from whisper.
Exercises OF this kind are very bene-
j, as they encourage self-confdence and I
AIRY talent in the pupils. The new aga
10 continues to give great satisfastion. cot
is a great boom to the high school. It loo
lmored that school will only last for vol
more months. II 30, this will be the Jus
test school year that Butte has had for juri
Q time. The continued cold weather tina
hindered the attendance in tho ing
lie schools. Notwithstanding the fact will
every effort was made it was found owe
ost impossible to raise the Temperature at t
70 high school building to a~comfortable ton
until afternoon. law